The Gregg Marshall Show 12/23/13

[1979Shocker]

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[The Cat]

Interesting was when coach was asked about his post players for next year. He mentioned Bush and Rashard but not Hamilton. I know coach thinks in terms of interchangeable pieces but it looks like Hamilton is viewed as a 3.

[MadaboutWu]

I wouldn't read too much into it. He actually kind of paused and then listed him in a second group. I took it that he was simply running through the names of his recruits in his head.

[wufan]

Every year is the same conversation. PF A will play the 3 due to guard skills. It's not happening for Cleanthony Early. It didn't happen with Aaron Ellis. It won't happen with Derail Green or Eric Hamilton. They are stretch 4s and are very good at it!

[jdshock]

Every year is the same conversation. PF A will play the 3 due to guard skills. It's not happening for Cleanthony Early. It didn't happen with Aaron Ellis. It won't happen with Derail Green or Eric Hamilton. They are stretch 4s and are very good at it!

I think that's good insight, but you have to remember we are getting Hamilton as a freshman when we are totally loaded. If we didn't /need/ cle as a four I'm sure he'd play the three.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Every year is the same conversation. PF A will play the 3 due to guard skills. It's not happening for Cleanthony Early. It didn't happen with Aaron Ellis. It won't happen with Derail Green or Eric Hamilton. They are stretch 4s and are very good at it!

Except Early did spend time at the 3 last year with Hall at the 4 and Orukpe at the 5.

[wu_shizzle]

Interesting was when coach was asked about his post players for next year. He mentioned Bush and Rashard but not Hamilton. I know coach thinks in terms of interchangeable pieces but it looks like Hamilton is viewed as a 3.

He mentioned Rashard first, but mentioned Hamilton as well. HCGM has mentioned that Hamilton is raw when it comes to structured offense/defense, basically Cle 4/5 years ago.

I would guess Rashard is more ready to play, but with his size and skill, Hamilton has a lot of upside.

What was more telling to me, is HCGM saying unashamedly that we are still recruiting for post depth next year.

[MadaboutWu]

With HCGM mentioning that we likely will sign another post I would expect us to mostly likely seek a JUCO. There will be a whole lot of youth in the post so another player in the Hall/Carter mold sounds good.

[pinstripers]

I heard him say that we are still recruiting, but I never heard him specify a post.

[wufan]

Except Early did spend time at the 3 last year with Hall at the 4 and Orukpe at the 5.

Early did spend some time at the three. I don't know how many minutes, but it wasn't very many in comparison to the time he spent at the 4. I'm not saying that any of the above mentioned can't play the 3, just that they are much more effective at the 4 in match-up situations.

[wufan]

What was more telling to me, is HCGM saying unashamedly that we are still recruiting for post depth next year.

We currently have all scholarships taken. Carter, Green, Morris, Wamakota, Kelly, Hamilton are all slated as 4/5 with perhaps a little 3 mixed in.

[im4wsu]

My favorite quote "I not sure that I've every been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, but he may top me."

[ShockerPrez]

My favorite quote "I not sure that I've every been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, buthe may top me."

This is why we will have the best backcourt in the country for 2 more years after this.

FVV and Baker have no ceiling at this point.

[wu_shizzle]

I heard him say that we are still recruiting, but I never heard him specify a post.

Why would he mention it, unless he was talking about recruiting post players?

The entire context of his comments were about post play next year.

[wu_shizzle]

We currently have all scholarships taken. Carter, Green, Morris, Wamakota, Kelly, Hamilton are all slated as 4/5 with perhaps a little 3 mixed in.

Which is why it's newsworthy that HCGM would publicly state that we're still recruiting.

Now of course we might not sign another player, but that's not what history as shown.